1 00:00:00,706 --> 00:00:01,706 Right now somewhere, 2 00:00:01,730 --> 00:00:05,007 an educator is delivering a mind-altering lesson to their class. 3 00:00:06,293 --> 00:00:08,270 I want to engage your brains in this. 4 00:00:08,294 --> 00:00:10,974 Chris Anderson: I tried to picture how vast our Earth is. 5 00:00:10,998 --> 00:00:14,053 Logan Smalley: The lesson only reaches the students in that room. 6 00:00:14,077 --> 00:00:16,178 What would happen if we captured that lesson? 7 00:00:16,202 --> 00:00:17,340 It's a toothed wheel. 8 00:00:17,364 --> 00:00:20,051 LS: What if pro animators and visualization artists 9 00:00:20,075 --> 00:00:21,659 could bring that lesson to life? 10 00:00:21,683 --> 00:00:24,708 CA: It's a common object that literally fits one million Earths. 11 00:00:24,732 --> 00:00:27,311 It's got a bunch of notches and a bunch of teeth. 12 00:00:27,335 --> 00:00:28,642 Fizeau's solution... 13 00:00:28,666 --> 00:00:31,092 LS: When that lesson lands, curiosity is ignited. 14 00:00:31,116 --> 00:00:32,506 CA: It seems impossibly big. 15 00:00:32,531 --> 00:00:36,291 CA: In the great scheme of things, it's a pinprick. 16 00:00:36,315 --> 00:00:38,712 Adam Savage: A door closes on the light beam 17 00:00:38,736 --> 00:00:40,626 that's coming back to his eye. 18 00:00:40,650 --> 00:00:43,209 LN: Then that group of students is one talk closer 19 00:00:43,233 --> 00:00:46,544 to being what every teacher hopes their students will become: 20 00:00:46,568 --> 00:00:47,569 a life-long learner. 21 00:00:47,593 --> 00:00:50,273 AS: Based on the distance between the two stations... 22 00:00:50,297 --> 00:00:53,217 CA: The quest for knowledge and understanding never gets dull. 23 00:00:53,241 --> 00:00:57,226 AS: He calculates the speed of light to within two percent of its actual value. 24 00:00:57,250 --> 00:01:00,645 CA: The more you know, the more amazing the world seems. 25 00:01:00,669 --> 00:01:02,679 That's the central mission of TED-Ed 26 00:01:02,703 --> 00:01:06,641 to capture and to amplify the voice of the world greatest teachers. 27 00:01:06,665 --> 00:01:09,659 He does this in 1849. 28 00:01:09,683 --> 00:01:12,721 CA: It's the crazy possibilites, the unanswered questions, 29 00:01:12,745 --> 00:01:14,146 that pull us forward. 30 00:01:14,170 --> 00:01:16,781 So stay curious. 31 00:01:20,211 --> 00:01:23,804 TED-Ed is really an invitation to teachers all around the world 32 00:01:23,828 --> 00:01:25,336 to submit their best lessons. 33 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,994 We review each submission and we work with the educators 34 00:01:28,018 --> 00:01:31,760 to refine the lesson and make sure that they're less than ten minutes long. 35 00:01:31,784 --> 00:01:34,518 From there, we've got these portable recording tools. 36 00:01:34,542 --> 00:01:36,408 A teacher posts their final lesson, 37 00:01:36,432 --> 00:01:40,371 presses record and can instantly share with our animation team. 38 00:01:40,395 --> 00:01:42,820 It's also an invitation to animators. 39 00:01:42,844 --> 00:01:45,311 We are looking for talented animators 40 00:01:45,335 --> 00:01:47,269 to get involved, submit their reals 41 00:01:47,293 --> 00:01:49,939 and help us animate these incredible lessons. 42 00:01:50,819 --> 00:01:53,462 Right now, there's a gifted educator somewhere out there 43 00:01:53,486 --> 00:01:55,280 delivering a life-changing lesson. 44 00:01:55,304 --> 00:01:58,475 The TED-Ed team hopes that anyone who is passionate about education 45 00:01:58,499 --> 00:02:00,312 will help us find that teacher, 46 00:02:00,336 --> 00:02:02,659 capture that moment and amplify it 47 00:02:02,683 --> 00:02:05,013 the way that it deserves to be amplified.